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UK
/ɐtˈætʃ/
]
[ US /əˈtætʃ/ ]
[ US /əˈtætʃ/ ]
VERB
-
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs
The police confiscated the stolen artwork
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment - cause to be attached
- be attached; be in contact with
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create social or emotional ties
The grandparents want to bond with the child -
become attached
The spider's thread attached to the window sill
How To Use attach In A Sentence
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- Mother attaches a great deal of value to good manners.
- It spreads rapidly, becomes attached to new objects, and burns with the pain of unassuaged longing.
- Fishing. Tie magnets to a string, cut fish shapes out of construction paper and attach a paper clip to the fish's mouth and voila.
- His right hand held a leash attached to a small white Havanese dog.
- Please urge all ultralight owners with BRS units (or even hand-deploy parachutes) to re-evaluate the series of attachments that connect the pilot to the airplane, to the parachute, and to both.
- The easiest way to support vine crops like cucumbers and tomatoes is to tie their stems to polyethylene string running from a support bar attached to ceiling hooks or from a support frame.
- Children in particular should not have to witness wholesale slaughter of animals to which they may have become very attached.
- Many primitive societies attach existential weight to the names of things.